Meadville, Pennsylvania
Fire
November 1865
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MEADVILLE---Loss
from $75,000 to $100,000—
A destructive fire occurred at Meadville on
Thursday night, resulting in the destruction of
property to the amount of between $75,000 and
$100,000. The fire broke out in the extensive
woolen factory Messrs
H. S. & F. W. Huidekoper, and not
withstanding the prompt arrival of the fire
department, the flames had gained such headway
as to render all efforts to save the building
fruitless. In a short time the flames
communicated with the long frame tenement block
on the west, and the house of the
JAMES DOUGLASS
on the east. By super human efforts the
fire was prevented from extending beyond the
DOUGLASS house, although the building was
rendered almost a wreck.
The entire tenement house was soon in flames.
The most the engines could do was to prevent the
fire from spreading to other buildings. At the
time the Republican, from which we obtain the
above particulars, went to press on Thursday
night, the fire was still raging, but it was
thought it would not extend beyond the buildings
noticed. The loss falls very heavy on
Messrs H.S. & F.H.
Huidekoper, but not so fearfully as
on the twenty or thirty families who are
rendered homeless.---Pittsburg Chronicle,
4th.
The Franklin Repository, Chambersburg, PA
8 Nov 1865
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